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Immunology of Farm Animals in the Context of One Health

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Background

One Health emphasizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health, with immunology playing a pivotal role in understanding immune responses across these domains. Immune responses in animals and humans are intricately linked to zoonotic diseases, food safety, and environmental factors. Farm animals, situated at the interface of human and environmental health, are central to this interdisciplinary perspective, particularly in the context of immunological responses to infections and disease prevention and diagnosis. This is of great interest in regions where agriculture, livestock farming, and zoonotic disease prevalence intersect with public health and environmental challenges.

This Research Topic welcomes original research papers, reviews, mini-reviews, brief research reports, case reports, perspective and opinion articles that focus, but are not limited to, the following themes:

• Understanding the immunological interactions between wildlife, farm animals, and humans in shared ecosystems.
• Immunological studies on local livestock breeds.
• Immunological research on endemic zoonotic diseases like brucellosis and tuberculosis in livestock.
• Immunological research into alternatives to antibiotics in livestock, such as vaccines or probiotics
• Improving immune responses in farm animals.
• Immune Mechanisms of Disease in pathogens such as Brucella, Salmonella, or Mycobacterium bovis
• Understanding the immunological interface between helminth parasite chronic infections and cattle and their repercussion in animal health.

Keywords: Biodiversity, Agroecology, Livestock Immunity, Disease in Local Breeds, Antimicrobial Resistance, Food Security, Global Trade, Zoonotic Diseases

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